Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Social Awkening: The Bookshelf or the Coffee Table?

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Photo by defrost.ca I've been writing a fair number of posts about social media. I never expected to come up with a new way to use it. Now, I'm not saying I created this concept. In fact, what I'm about to describe happens all day, every day on social media sites. I ...

Social Sunshine

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Social Media is reaching a critical mass in my thoughtspace. From participating in social activity like Blog Action Day to commenting on The Finer Points of Social Networking Sites to observing the profiles of the "socially" rich and famous, I am learning that effective use of Social Media requires ...

Social Media Manifesto

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Clipart from Microsoft ® Word I Will embrace the ideas of social media experiments; participate fully in the discussion surrounding these ideas; support my family, friends and fellow networkers. I Won't rush to join the latest network without just cause; revive abandoned network affiliations; support a network that uses meaningless, ego-centric metrics to coerce participation. Plurk penalizes, CoComment confounds, ...

StumbleRush Course is Critic’s Choice

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links I just finished Lesson #20 in Caroline Middlebrook's StumbleRush Course, which teaches you how to use StumbleUpon, a wildly popular website discovery tool. The course is split, with the first ten lessons being offered free of charge. This review focuses on these free lessons. Service Caroline is an ...